LONDON, Sept. 4.--Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, interviewed by The Daily Chronicle, expressed astonishment that some criticism had been published of the arrangements said to have been made by him in Russia and which, he said, was evidently based upon an entirely wrong assumption. View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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A version of this archives appears in print on September 5, 1921, on Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: MANSEN URGES SPEED IN STARTING RELIEF; Says Frozen Waterways Will Make Transit Impossible--In Agreement With Soviet. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe